Where we live ...

Took a few photos back in the autumn around our neighbourhood.

First, lets imagine you take the tram to our stop:


Then you would walk here and go in through the entrance under the "Inlingua" sign, just past the bakery:


Then into the courtyard out the back (told you it was autumn), and to the back door:


And here's the front. Our place is the two windows you can see on the ground floor:


But enough of that ... lets look around. This is the closest shop to our flat. Its a book shop catering to a particular audience:


In fact, "Glockenbachviertel" (the name of our area) is the gay quarter of Munich. Here's one of the local bars:


There's a church nearby (bloody bells!) with a really old cemetery:



Here's one of our favourite cafes, tiny, but really good for breakfast. Tabula Rasa:


Nothing like a good chocolate shop nearby! And its special: Australian Pralines!


For those who have visited me, you probably know this local bar/restaurant:


This is one of the nicer buildings around:


So there you have it ... the neighbourhood.

Munich by Night

I've had a tripod for ages but rarely take it anywhere, so last week I thought I would spend a few hours in the evening to make use of it and capture some of the Munich sights at night. This was early one Saturday evening, around the Altstadt (Old Town).

This first photo is of Karlstor, one of the main town gates leading into the Altstadt. The street is the main shopping street in Munich, and as you can see, there is a fair crowd there at Xmas time.



Just outside of Karlstor, they put in an ice skating rink every Xmas season (this photo is taken from the same spot as the first photo, just facing the opposite direction)



This is the Glyptothek, a museum:



and this is the gate at Königsplatz (King's place) which is right next to the Glyptothek:



Here's the famous Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church), otherwise known as the Salt n Pepper shakers:



This one is the Feldherrnhalle at Odeonsplatz, at the north extreme of the Altstadt. This is a monument to past Bavarian generals and was the spot where the Nazis' failed coup in 1923 was ended. Here the army opened fire on the Nazi marchers including Hitler, who was later arrested and put in the clink for a few years.



And here's the opera house, with a statue of King Maximillian out front:



A cafe just near the opera house:



One of the fancier streets in Munich, Maximillianstrasse (though I like this photo just for the car lights!)



And finally, the typical postcard Munich shot, with the Rathaus (town hall) on the right, the Frauenkirche in the middle and the gold statue of the Virgin Mary at left. It looks like a cut n paste of three photos onto one, but I assure you its not:

Lindau

We had been wanting to make use of Lisa's folks' place at Sonthofen more, so we went down there for a long weekend. Unfortunately it resembled a building site when we arrived, the building caretaker being halfway through repairing a hole in the roof! So we had to drive on to Lindau ...

Lindau is a little town on a little island in Lake Constance (Bodensee in german). The lake is right where Germany, Austria and Switzerland meet. We drove through a snow storm to get there, but once there the weather was fine and they had their Annual Town Market going on.

We spent the weekend walking around the lake and searching the market.

The entrance to the harbour ....



Here's part of the market ...










And some shots around the lake ...